Presurgical language mapping in epilepsy: Using fMRI of reading to identify functional reorganization in a patient with long-standing temporal lobe epilepsy

Presurgical language mapping in epilepsy: Using fMRI of reading to identify functional reorganization in a patient with long-standing temporal lobe epilepsy

We report a 55-year-old, right-handed patient with intractable left temporal lobe epilepsy, who previously had a partial left temporal lobectomy. The patient could talk during seizures, suggesting that he might have language dominance in the right hemisphere. Presurgical fMRI localization of languag...

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Main Authors: Layla Gould, Marla J.S. Mickleborough, Adam Wu, Jose Tellez, Chelsea Ekstrand, Eric Lorentz, Tasha Ellchuk, Paul Babyn, Ron Borowsky
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Elsevier 2016-01-01
Series:Epilepsy and Behavior Case Reports
Subjects:
Language
Temporal lobe epilepsy
fMRI
Neurosurgery
Reading
Online Access:http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2213323215000432

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